Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part I. Boston: Youth 1706–1723
6. Prologue. Quandary 3
7. One. Boston 5
8. Two. Child to Adolescent 33
9. Three. Printer’s Devil 53
10. Four. Massachusetts Controversies, 1716–1723 79
11. Five. Nathaniel Gardner and the Couranteers 87
12. Six. James Franklin: America’s First Newspaperman 109
13. Seven. Silence Dogood in Context 143
14. Eight. ‘‘Saucy and Provoking’’: Franklin Takes Charge 172
15. Nine. Assessing Franklin as a Youth, to Age Seventeen 207
16. Part II. Adrift: Age Seventeen to Twenty-four 1723–1730
17. Ten. The Runaway 215
18. Eleven. The Water American: London Escapades 259
19. Twelve. At Sea, 1726 298
20. Thirteen. Merchant to Master Printer, 1726–1728 318
21. Fourteen. The Junto 332
22. Fifteen. Business, 1728–1730, and ‘‘Articles of Religion’’ 357
23. Sixteen. The Busy-Body 378
24. Seventeen. Paper Currency 397
25. Eighteen. Journalist 414
26. Nineteen. Assessing Franklin, Age Seventeen to Twenty-four 457
27. Appendix: New Attributions 463
28. Sources and Documentation 465
29. Abbreviations 467
30. Notes 473
31. Index 511
32. Acknowledgments 551